By Matthew Johnson-Idan, Development Economist, UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, Bram Peters, Programme Manager – Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme, UNCDF and Sanjesh Naidu, Economic Adviser, UNESCAP Pacific Office SUVA, 11 OCTOBER 2019 (UNDP/UNCDF/UNESCAP) — Climate change has created unprecedented development challenges for Pacific SIDS. Thinking about the cost of increasing frequency and severity of climate-related […]
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Young Palauans show support for viral Filipino teenager questioned for representing Palau in world stage
Young Palauans and other adults held a surprise welcome for a Filipino teenager that went viral online after some netizens questioned his representation of Palau in the world stage in the fight against climate crisis. Carlos Manuel, 17, a Filipino who has spent most of his life in Palau, had received an overwhelming support and […]
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Politics of climate change put corporations in tough spot
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer The polarizing politics of climate change have forced companies to choose between supporting the Trump administration’s deregulation policies that could boost profits or opposing them to win over environmentally conscious consumers. That dynamic played out again Thursday when President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency sought to revoke regulations on […]
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Japanese envoy says climate change center in Samoa could benefit the region
Japanese Assistant Secretary and International Press Division Director Naoaki Kamoshida told the Times that although the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) that is supported by Japan and New Zealand is built in Samoa, it could benefit the whole region. Kamoshida said that the PCCC will serve as a regional center for climate change and disaster […]
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New UN warming report sees hungry future that can be avoided
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the ground, climate change is hitting us where it counts: the stomach — not to mention the forests, plants and animals. A new United Nations scientific report examines how global warming and land interact in a vicious cycle. Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the land, while the way people use […]
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Australia’s lax climate policy poses challenge on small island nations’ pleas for global action
Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. feared small island developing states’ pleas for global climate action might be drowned out by Australia’s lax climate policy. Remengesau told the media on Wednesday, July 31, that if Australia, being situated in the midst of the Pacific, does not take the lead in curbing climate change then it would […]